Two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it.

More than 90% of human faces are home to mites that live in our skin pores. These friendly guests might be merging with us.

The biology behind your office's air conditioning war.

A study finds that older adults who cannot balance on one foot for ten seconds have an 84% higher risk of death than those who can.

Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway.

"Lac-Phe" grants obese mice the benefits of exercise — without exercising. But don't expect an "exercise pill."

There are two kinds of suffering. One is pure pain. The other makes life worth living.

Nikolaas Tinbergen's concept of "supernormal stimulus" explains why humans are attracted to a heightened version of reality.

Mater certissima est – the mother is always certain.

Eugenics is bad - but understanding DNA is good.

“It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research."

The weirdest thing about the 21 feet found near Vancouver since 2007? Foul play has been ruled out.

Is fasting the key to burning fat? It's not that simple.

Almost all our school improvements fail. Here’s why.

“If 90% of children had ADHD and only 10% of children could sit still at a desk, how would we design school?”

Scientists found a way to revert pain in mice using gene therapy. Perhaps the same technique could be applied to humans.

How can the law keep up with new genetic technology?

The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you — by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.

The US reduced smoking rates from 50% to 15% with a simple habit hack.

Practice doesn’t actually make perfect. Here’s the willpower equation necessary for elite athletes and musicians.

There’s a psychological reason you haven’t created healthier habits in your life.

Your old-fashioned chronological age is just a number. Your biological age can tell you how healthy you really are.

Will nature or nurture win out?

He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football...

Understanding these links could bring us closer to a cure.

Are physicists about to decode a mysterious field of science that could have huge implications for your health?

Listening to some songs can cause a powerful physiological response known as "frisson." What is it, and why does it happen?

Drugs that stifle acute inflammation may prevent the body from healing properly.

Data from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos suggest that long durations in space cause changes in the brain, some of which are linked to vision problems.

Researchers believe they have found a single point mutation in an infection-sensing gene that causes the autoimmune disorder.